Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Once Upon a Crime 1992


     This film is a remake of Mario Camerini’s comedy Crimen.  Phoebe has gone to Rome to meet up with her boyfriend but she finds herself jilted.  She’s not happy about that and a little dachshund dog eats her hamburger lunch.  Now she’s just got some crackers to eat for herself.  She starts looking through the newspaper and she finds out there is a $5,000 reward for the little dog.  She meets Julian Peters and they both want to claim the reward money.  They go to the mansion where the woman owner lives and they find out she’s dead.  Phoebe leaves her suitcase behind and Julian thinks he saw the murderer’s shoes and his face in the greenery.
     The scenery is very beautiful but this film suffers from age?  Some of the gags and jokes aren’t funny either?  George Hamilton has his normal bronze tan complexion but he looks very old and his skin like leather?  2 1/2* (This film is so-so)

94 min, Comedy directed by Eugene Levy with John candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean young, Richard Lewis, Ornella Muti, Giancarlo Giannini, George Hamilton, Roberto Sbaratto, Joss Ackland, Ann Way, Geoffrey Andrews.

Note:  Imdb 5.8 out of 10, 0% critic 42% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 78 reviews, TVGuide 1* out of 4*
Special Note:  Filmed in Casino de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Gare de Nice-Ville, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes; Pathe Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy; Piazza Novona, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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